Continuing an eleven-month trend of price stability, the cost of petrol and diesel remained unchanged in major cities on Friday. In India, petrol prices are revised daily at 6am by the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) like Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum in accordance with the international prices.
Earlier, fuel prices were revised every fortnight. In 2014, Centre deregulated the Fuel prices and as of 2017, the cost of petrol and diesel is updated every day. The government controls the fuel prices through excise duty, base prices and cap prices at which dealers and OMCs deal with each other.
Here are the fuel prices of the top Indian cities:
